School boards must complete school-naming process within 60 days under new regulation

A new regulation sets a 60-day time period for the school-naming process under the Education Act. This applies specifically to the procedural step referenced in subsection 174(4) of that Act, which governs how school…

New community safety zone added on Highway 21 in the Municipality of Kincardine

A new community safety zone has been established on a 650-metre stretch of Highway 21 in the Municipality of Kincardine, County of Bruce, starting at its intersection with Northline Extension and running southerly. Th…

Ontario building code updated with a new round of provincial amendments to the 2020 National Building Code

Ontario has adopted a revised set of provincial amendments to the National Building Code of Canada 2020. The amendment document referenced in the regulation has been updated to a newer dated version, replacing the pre…

New rule sets 60-day window for tenants to file bad-faith eviction claims after landlord moves in

A new regulation sets the time limit within which a tenant can make a claim under the Residential Tenancies Act after being evicted so a landlord, purchaser, or their family member can occupy the unit. If the tenant l…

Ontario adds new eviction-delay, persistent-nonpayment and co-op housing rules to the Residential Tenancies regulation

Several new rules are being added to the general regulation under the Residential Tenancies Act, all scheduled to take effect in September 2026. First, 'persistent failure to pay rent' is now defined: missing rent by…

Condo Tribunal gains jurisdiction over meeting-requisition disputes and gets a $50,000 damages cap

Upcoming amendments expand the Condominium Authority Tribunal's jurisdiction to cover disputes about the process of requisitioning or calling owner meetings — including notice requirements, preliminary notices, materi…

Ontario condo rules updated with detailed owner requisition process and new voting rules for non-leased units

This amendment adds detailed rules for how condo owners can formally requisition (request) a meeting of owners, including required form content, delivery methods, board response timelines, withdrawal procedures, and h…

Office of Energy Efficiency moved from Natural Resources Canada to Environment and Climate Change Canada

The federal government has transferred the Office of Energy Efficiency out of Natural Resources Canada and placed it under the control of Environment and Climate Change Canada. This is an administrative machinery-of-g…

Future amendment noted: wording change to source protection plan rules coming in 2026

A transitional note has been added to the regulation flagging that a specific subparagraph will be amended at a future date to remove the phrase "the making of" from a provision about minor, non-policy amendments to s…

Ontario stormwater registry rules updated to cover spill containment works and underdrain systems at power generation sites

A set of amendments scheduled to take effect September 1, 2026 expand Ontario's self-registration framework for stormwater management works to formally recognize two new types of works: spill containment works (design…

Killaloe O.P.P. Detachment Board dissolved and replaced by new Upper Ottawa Valley board; Bancroft board gains South Algonquin Township seat

The Killaloe O.P.P. Detachment Board has been eliminated. Its detachment area is now covered by a newly created Upper Ottawa Valley O.P.P. Detachment Board listed in Table 2 (multiple-board detachments), with six muni…

Tobacco local board can now distribute court-settlement funds to eligible tobacco producers without spending-cap limits

Two provisions that capped the local board's spending at $25,000 per transaction (without Commission approval) have been removed. In their place, a new rule explicitly permits the local board to use and distribute mon…